The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: A regulator of Th17 and Treg cell development in disease

Cell Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 605-608

  Ho, Peggy P ^a   Steinman, Lawrence ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 44849115917     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2008.63     Document Type: Article

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